Elfonía was a Mexican

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band with elements of progressive and

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. It was founded by

Alejandro Millán Alejandro Millán Montoya (born July 10, 1980, Monterrey, Mexico) is the singer, keyboardist, and composer for the band Hello Madness. After winning a music production contest by CONARTE, he released the album "Light and Life After Dusk". He fou ...

and

Marcela Bovio Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic metal bands Stream of Passion and MaYaN. In 1995, she joined Hydra, a Mexican metal band, singing and ...

in 2001 following the leaving of their previous band, Hydra. The band's line-up was extended in 2003 for purposes of a major music festival held in

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with Roberto Quintanilla on lead guitar, Pablo González on bass guitar, Javier Garagarza on drums with Jose Alberto Vidal Rodríguez performing vocals. By the end of the year, Elfonía independently produced their self-titled first studio album which marked their breakthrough into mainstream music. In November 2003, Marcela was invited by

Arjen Anthony Lucassen Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, best known for his long-running progressive metal/ rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as t ...

to perform vocals on

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's album ''

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''. Two years later the band released their second studio album, This Sonic Landscape, a fusion of many music genres, including progressive rock,

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, ambient music and goth rock. Shortly afterwards, Elfonía went on a successful tour around Mexico in order to promote their newest effort. The band split up in December 2006. Bovio and Millán continued in

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with Lucassen.

Personnel

* Alejandro Millán - keyboards, rhythm guitar * Marcela Bovio - vocals,

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* Roberto Quintanilla - lead guitar * Pablo González - bass guitar * Javier Garagarza - drums

Discography

Studio albums

''Elfonía'' (2003)

The band's debut album was released on January 14, 2003. It was recorded at Caura Studio in

and released independently by

and

. Track listing Personnel * Alejandro Millán - keyboards * Marcela Bovio -

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Roberto Quintanilla -

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

* Pablo González -

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Javier Garagarza -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

''This Sonic Landscape''

References

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